By Abdoulaye Massalaki NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger has identified a suspected outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on a chicken farm in the southern town of Maradi, near the border with Nigeria which has confirmed cases of the virus in several northern states. Authorities in Niger said late on Wednesday they had isolated the farm and banned the transport of all poultry out of the town, the third largest in the
By Abdoulaye Massalaki NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger has identified a suspected outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on a chicken farm in the southern town of Maradi, near the border with Nigeria which has confirmed cases of the virus in several northern states. Authorities in Niger said late on Wednesday they had isolated the farm and banned the transport of all poultry out of the town, the third largest in the
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – – Hikers and winter sports aficionados who venture deep into snow country and get caught in an avalanche may find emergency beacons are less effective if the searcher is also using a diabetes monitor or insulin pump, according to a small study. “The potential for interference between a diabetes device and an avalanche beacon (in search mode) is increased if both devices are held
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – – Hikers and winter sports aficionados who venture deep into snow country and get caught in an avalanche may find emergency beacons are less effective if the searcher is also using a diabetes monitor or insulin pump, according to a small study. “The potential for interference between a diabetes device and an avalanche beacon (in search mode) is increased if both devices are held
Pop star Taylor Swift, famous for sharing important events in her life, said on Thursday her mother is suffering from cancer and urged her millions of fans to tell their parents to get screened for the illness. The “Shake It Off” singer said in a post on the microblogging site Tumblr that her mother was feeling fine, but she and her brother asked her to go for a check-up. “I’d
Pop star Taylor Swift, famous for sharing important events in her life, said on Thursday her mother is suffering from cancer and urged her millions of fans to tell their parents to get screened for the illness. The “Shake It Off” singer said in a post on the microblogging site Tumblr that her mother was feeling fine, but she and her brother asked her to go for a check-up. “I’d
The possible health risks from worsening California drought.
The possible health risks from worsening California drought.
A report by Liberia’s anti-corruption watchdog found some $800,000 spent in the fight against Ebola at the height of the outbreak of the disease last year was not properly accounted for, most of it passing through the defense ministry. The General Auditing Commission (GAC) report covering the period from August to October 2014 analyzed more than $13 million spent by the National Ebola Trust Fund (NETF). “The conduct of the
A report by Liberia’s anti-corruption watchdog found some $800,000 spent in the fight against Ebola at the height of the outbreak of the disease last year was not properly accounted for, most of it passing through the defense ministry. The General Auditing Commission (GAC) report covering the period from August to October 2014 analyzed more than $13 million spent by the National Ebola Trust Fund (NETF). “The conduct of the
